TMC installs Thrift
as general chairman

Jerry Thrift, manager for new product development for Ryder System, was installed as the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) 2010-11 general chairman and treasurer during the TMC’s 2010 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, held February 9-12 in Tampa FL...

NACD praises senators
for chemical security bill

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) commends the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for their introduction of common-sense chemical security legislation...

ATA endorses Vigillo’s
CSA 2010 Scorecard

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has announced its endorsement of Vigillo LLC’s Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 Scorecard as an effective program to help large and small trucking companies manage their responsibilities under the current CSA 2010 regulations...

US freight railroads face
obstacles threatening
ability to aid recovery

Edward R Hamberger, Association of American Railroads president and chief executive officer, said freight railroads are at a critical point in their history as the industry is facing new challenges from overburdensome federal regulatory mandates that could seriously undercut the industry’s ability to aid in US economic recovery...

Western Star provides
Cummins ISX15 engine

Western Star Trucks Sales Inc announced the availability of the Cummins ISX15 EPA 2010 engine for the North American market. Combined with Detroit Diesel’s powertrain options, the Cummins ISX15 completes a full line of engine systems that meet the demand for Western Star customers...

Price of diesel fuel climbs
for first time in six weeks

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide rose for the first time in six weeks, gaining 7.6 cents to $2.832 a gallon...

Penn Tank Lines adding new Virginia terminal

Penn Tank Lines, an East Coast petroleum hauler, will open a new terminal in Montvale VA during the first quarter of 2010. Initially, four transports and 10 drivers will be assigned to the facility, which will serve the greater Roanoke area...

QualaWash will celebrate Midland MI wash rack

QualaWash Holdings LLC will celebrate the grand opening of its Midland MI location on March 15...

Entrepreneurial
pioneer John Ruan dies

John Ruan, founder of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, died February 13, 2010. He was 96. Born Feb 11, 1914, Ruan began a company in 1932 with only one truck and grew it into Ruan Transportation Management Systems, now one of the nation’s largest transportation management companies...

US governors will discuss
surface transportation

The nation’s governors will discuss dynamics for shaping national surface transportation policy during the upcoming National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting, scheduled for February 20-22 in Washington DC...

Study shows consequences
of continuing to restrict
domestic energy exploration

America’s reliance on foreign energy will grow by 19% over the next 20 years, expanding the transfer of US wealth to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) by more than $600 billion, according to a report by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners...

Price of diesel fuel drops
for fifth time in a row

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell 1.3 cents to $2.756 a gallon, the fifth consecutive decline, according to US Department of Energy information...

Fuel operations resume
at Haiti’s Terminal Varreux

WIN Group, the Haitian enterprise that owns and operates Terminal Varreux in Port-au-Prince, and SEACOR Holdings Inc announced that emergency repairs have enabled crucial tanker shipments of fuel to resume to Haiti...

Penske donates trucks
to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

Penske Corporation and its family of companies announced that it has donated more than $1 million worth of diesel-powered flatbed trucks to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund ...

USDG begins constructing
rail terminal to handle oil

US Development Group LLC (USDG), a Houston TX-based developer of logistics and terminal facilities, announced that construction has begun on its new St James Rail Terminal, a crude oil and condensate unit train handling and distribution hub in the Gulf Coast region of Louisiana. The St James facility is US Development Group’s first crude oil/condensate terminal in a planned nationwide network of such terminals...

Navistar pursues dual-fuel
MaxxForce big-bore engine

Navistar Inc has signed a concept development agreement with Clean Air Power Ltd to develop Navistar’s MaxxForce 13 big-bore engine to run on natural gas and clean diesel fuel for the North American market...

ACT continues to forecast
stronger second half, 2011

Trends in the economy and transportation sector continue to point to strengthening in the truck transportation sector in the second half of 2010, which will then lead to stronger demand for commercial vehicles late in the year and into 2011, according to ACT Research Co...

Rail carload traffic remains
down in January, AAR says

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported US carloads for January 2010 were down 0.7% at 1,056,684 carloads, compared with the same month in 2009, and down 17.7% versus 2008. The Rail Time Indicators report, available at www.aar.org, comprises monthly rail traffic data framed with other key economic indicators to show how freight rail is tied to the broader US economy...

Dedicated Transport Holdings
acquires All Star Transportation

Dedicated Transport Holdings LLC, a privately held company headquartered in Cleveland OH, announced the acquisition of All Star Transportation Inc, located in Clearwater FL and New Castle DE...

Blackwater Midstream
to acquire terminal facility

Blackwater Midstream Corp has entered into a letter of intent to acquire a liquid terminal facility in Brunswick GA for $1.8 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed within the first quarter of 2010...

OTL/UPT recognizes
employee professionalism

Oklahoma Tank Lines/United Petroleum Transports has named Kenny Williams as 2009 Professional Driver of the Year, according to Greg Price, president and chief executive officer...

Ryder System, employee
donations show hearts
reaching out to Haiti

Ryder System Inc announced that the company’s employees together with the Ryder Charitable Foundation are making a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to support disaster relief efforts in Haiti...

ATA again welcomes
Quality Distribution

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) welcomes Quality Distribution Inc as a returning member...

Kinder Morgan to acquire
four Slay Industries terminals

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP has signed a definitive purchase and sale agreement to acquire four terminals from Slay Industries for approximately $98 million...

Hoyer purchases 20%
share in InterBulk Group

At the end of December 2009, the Hamburg, Germany-based Hoyer Group signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with a number of shareholders of InterBulk Group plc, which is listed on the London AIM market...